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My name is Ben Catlin, and this is where I rock out on topics like my life, technology and faith.

Browsing Posts published in December, 2009

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  • Anyone have a copy of office 2003 small business (OEM) that I can borrow – have a key, need a disc for the in-laws to re-install. #
  • Merry Christmas Everyone! Feeling pretty fat and happy, really enjoyed the church lunch and the afternoon w/ the in-laws. #
  • USPS, effective at delivering letters, pretty much terrible at everything else. Especially packages. #
  • Because of this #USPSFail Lauren will not get her Xmas presents – thanks USPS for refusing to do anything about it when I called, asshats. #
  • Placed order w/ @Amazon Dec 16, shipped 17 from nevada, sort facility in CA 18th – Dec 23rd Utah sort facility. #USPSFAIL #
  • According to Amazon, my USPS delivery for Lauren's presents may be delayed due to weather conditions. F'ing great, #USPSFail … again. #
  • The snow-pocalypse is upon us! Behold the power of white! #
  • Belinda Jensen just said it's time for hysteria because the snow-pocoplypse is approaching #
  • The Catlin/Martinez families seem to have difficulty traveling in the winter w/o running into inclimate weather. #
  • CRAP! Weather forecast might impact the inlaws flying into town – very bad deal, they can't get a break on flying to the midwest in winter. #
  • Switch replaced, "Let there be light!" Drain-o poured in the laundry room, and I cooked a pizza. Productivity continues past work hours! #
  • I love progress, and I'm finally making some – at work and in my android project. #
  • My Christmas wish is for my dog to stop eating poopcicles – that is frozen poop. I hate finding it on my sidewalk every day. DogTrainingFAIL #

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  • Learning Android programing & messing w/ Drupal modules makes me miss programing – wondering if that is a sign that I'm in the wrong field. #
  • I forgot how badass the end of season 3 of BSG was in a mind-fraking way. Glad I can go right into season 4 :) #
  • Tsk Tsk Google – not putting mutli-touch in maps or browser is a long-standing item in the extensive list of UI FAIL for android. For Shame! #
  • Damn! Pkgs from Amazon shipped USPS again – I hate when that happens. Great for envelopes, horrible for packages = USPS IMO. #
  • J Leman signed to the Vikings active roster http://is.gd/5qj07 – Go J! #
  • Anyone want to loan me a copy of Prodigal God by Tim Keller – want to read in front of our church campaign to read it. #
  • I'm just a little too interested in the Google Nexus One phone http://is.gd/5npQJ Especially for a guy w/ 7.5 mo of a contract left. #
  • RT @Smarterware: What Matters Now: Download the Free E-Book http://bit.ly/5IoJm7 #
  • On thursday morning newegg is planning on a crazy deal for a harmony remote – if you don't like your current remote, get this one. #
  • Android phone makers, listen carefully. 256-512mb of onboard memory is not enough. We love SD cards, but please bump up to 2-4GB built-in. #

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  • Learning Android programing & messing w/ Drupal modules makes me miss programing – wondering if that is a sign that I'm in the wrong field. #
  • I forgot how badass the end of season 3 of BSG was in a mind-fraking way. Glad I can go right into season 4 :) #
  • Tsk Tsk Google – not putting mutli-touch in maps or browser is a long-standing item in the extensive list of UI FAIL for android. For Shame! #
  • Damn! Pkgs from Amazon shipped USPS again – I hate when that happens. Great for envelopes, horrible for packages = USPS IMO. #
  • J Leman signed to the Vikings active roster http://is.gd/5qj07 – Go J! #
  • Anyone want to loan me a copy of Prodigal God by Tim Keller – want to read in front of our church campaign to read it. #
  • I'm just a little too interested in the Google Nexus One phone http://is.gd/5npQJ Especially for a guy w/ 7.5 mo of a contract left. #
  • RT @Smarterware: What Matters Now: Download the Free E-Book http://bit.ly/5IoJm7 #
  • On thursday morning newegg is planning on a crazy deal for a harmony remote – if you don't like your current remote, get this one. #
  • Android phone makers, listen carefully. 256-512mb of onboard memory is not enough. We love SD cards, but please bump up to 2-4GB built-in. #

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  • Work Christmas party 2nite. Pretty excited about that in general, but the free booze on the company dime definitely adds to the excitement. #
  • Today I moved 1 white board to a different wall, and hung a bigger one that I stole from a conference room on the 1st wall. Ah productivity. #
  • Pumped to be done with VLI for a month. Not so pumped with the program so far tho, prayer will be required for next semester b4 returning. #
  • Already thinking about contesting one of the grades on a test question. It's the one where I complained about how the question was bad. #
  • My brain is full and about to asplode! I need sleep and less VLI testing – must finish studying and take test, but so sleepy. #
  • Studying for this final is even harder than the last one – this must spell my doom when I actually take this test. #
  • http://is.gd/5iLVo If I could actually read all of this and comprehend it I'm confident I could use the title Networking BadAss. #
  • Pretty sure I just aced that. Instant-graded stuff = all good. I even got to criticize one of the essay questions in my answer :) #
  • Heard a grocery store / cooking commercial on the radio that referenced "This is Spinal Tap" – take your baking to 11! #
  • Seriously tempted to write diatribes @ the end of essays on the test about how esoteric & useless these distinctions of spiritual gifts are. #
  • Do you sign-off a wave? What if it is one where you are more 'chatting'? Does it make a difference if it is more email-like? #
  • I've never heard a satisfactory explanation of peoples distinction between 'Words of Knowledge' and Prophetic Insight. VLI is no exception. #
  • My dog is hours procrastination fodder from studying for VLI finals. #
  • Favorite two things about identi.ca – post from XMPP client and the "in context" button for replies. Federating microblogging is also cool. #
  • My dog just threw a ball to herself and chased it around until she wore out and fell asleep on the floor by the couch. Pretty hilarious. #
  • #ITvsEngineerWar should be a trending hash tag. How can I make that happen? What compelling reason can I create for ppl to tweet about it. #
  • Dear IT people, blocking the firefox & chrome download/extension sites is not the answer. Not even close. No love, Ben #ITvsEngineerWar #
  • If foxyproxy is available for Chrome, I am all-up-onz! Chrome is super-fast, and now on Linux and Mac! http://bit.ly/7uf8y0 #
  • Lauren is now officially inked. It looks pretty freaking good IMO. #

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  • http://is.gd/5djWZ This seems like a good idea until we generate our own DC power, and run DC power through the house. #
  • So Kodak sold it's OLED intellectual property to LG. I'm afraid this might not be good for my company or Samsung and Sony's. #
  • FOR THE LOVE OF GOD! My phone is ringing/txting off the hook tonight & I'm trying to focus on 2 months of accounting/budgeting to fix Xmas. #
  • http://is.gd/5biKq I'm all about progress, but I don't know if this mandatory transition is a good idea. Phones are pretty essential. #
  • I apparently hit Shift+Enter a lot more than I realize. That is degrading my wave experience by causing me to unintentionally hit "Done." #
  • Kara only jumped up once 2nite when we got home. Improvement! It must be all that calm assertive energy I've been projecting. #
  • I would sit through a lot of Steve Robbins greek lessons to be able to pray with and for this group. We have a lot of fun. #
  • VLI puts me in a very Stage 3 mindset – I feel like Steve Robbins is trying to indoctrinate me to his interpretation of the Bible. #
  • PICC line is out, and I have it in my possession. It was painless and very neat to watch it come out. Very cool stuff in general. #
  • Getting my borg parts out today! Finally no more plastic wrap & duct-tape showers. With the PICC line goes my dreams of mainlining caffeine. #
  • 15 million children under age 18 have been orphaned due to AIDS and the number is rising. http://is.gd/58Vyh #WorldAidsDay #
  • Win a new Macbook Pro on Cyber Monday 2009. Details here: http://bit.ly/29rFES #
  • After news of a possible Google branded phone running some new version of android, I'm increasingly enticed to switch off of the iPhone. #

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